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Opening of the European Startup Festival

We will welcome you to the European Startup Festival. Our host, a British comedian, a magician and the organisers will make the opening ceremony entertaining. We will bring you on board and make you feel part of the community. Let the experience begin and make real connections over the weekend in Turin!

Ana Silleras Villamayor

Ana is a magician, in the literal as well as in the metaphorical. But mainly in the later. She is the hearth of talento x talento, an association that reshapes and reinvents the economical system using talent as a currency and giving value not to money, but to the development of the capacities of different people: however they are, wherever they might live. She is also the co founder of pajarraca, a bow tie brand made with fabrics from everywhere to everyone.

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Christine Michaelis

Christine Michaelis is a Business Coach, author, public speaker and workshop facilitator. She has worked in marketing and advertising for more than 10 years before she decided to start her own business as a Marketing and Creative Start-Up Coach. Now she is mentoring start-up students at universities throughout Europe as well as working with individuals and small businesses. With her hands-on approach, she has helped hundreds of individuals validating their business idea and creating a successful start-up. She is also the founder of the Creative Start-Up Academy, online courses for start-ups and small businesses and founder of the first Digital Nomad Town in the world.

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Adriano Travaglia

Adriano Travaglia is a lawyer, start-up and EU Project Manager. He supported a lot of start-ups through smart capital, defining business strategies and searching for funding opportunities as well as investing directly into them.
He is interested in anything that is creative, that supports welfare and new smart services for communities and citizens. Amongst other things, he is the General Director of Torino 3.0, a digital platform of participative democracy and of AFGE, an association that provides high level training courses for companies in legal and economic matters. He wrote about different topics and he focuses his research on big data and privacy.

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Mattia Conte

Starboost co-founder and CEO of Starboost Torino / Company Creator.

Born and raised in Turin, pursued economic studies, specialized in management of information and corporate communication, always been passionate in marketing and communication.
Entrepreneurial vocation aimed towards new, innovative and scalable business supported by alternative and disruptive strategies of market penetration. National and international experience about management, project management, marketing and communication, event planner and public relations. Consultant for (SME) companies working in advertising and communication, aerospace and defence, food and beverage, IT and engineering. Presently, Ceo Of Starboost Company Creator in Turin, positioned in super early stage, as a serial partner of several startups mainly in digital sector. Country Manager for Italy at Start Europe Awards 2017.

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Sanderson Jones

In 2008 Sanderson Jones left his job as an advertising salesman to become a stand up. In 2012 he sold out the Sydney Opera House. Incredibly, he did this by selling every single ticket to the show by hand. What’s more, the technology loving geek researched the audience and incorporated their online lives into his show.
In January 2013 Sanderson, alongside comedian Pippa Evans, started up a non-religious church called the Sunday Assembly, it celebrated life through talks, comedy and songs. The concept went viral and there are now 28 Assemblies across the world. They started a global movement within a year and it is now even included in the GCSE syllabus for Religious Education! Earlier this year Sanderson talked on BBC Radio 4 about the phenomenon of ‘swapping Psalms for pop songs’.
Sanderson isn’t your normal comedian, he knows about how to start a business from scratch and all that goes into it, he also researches his audience before the event and builds there online profiles into his routine (something which developed off the back of him selling his tickets by hand!). So his comedy is multifaceted, a bit inspirational, interactive, and not to mention eye wateringly funny.
In order to accommodate such a vast array of talents, Sanderson can be booked in several capacities. He can be booked as a comedian, a business speaker or as a representative of the Sunday Assembly. All three of his acts combine his unique wit and hilarious approach to any given situation.
Jones’ cocktail of talents means he flourishes at a wide range of events conferences, away days and award ceremonies for a variety of sectors including:

Sales

Technology and start ups

Advertising and marketing

Anything digital

The friendly funnyman with the uplifting tale will bring a smile to any event, business or otherwise. People are endlessly fascinated by themselves, and with a bespoke, personalized performance your event will live long in the memory.